Introduction
Introduction: What is a Constitution?
Article I: Legislative Powers
Commerce Clause
Congress's Taxing Power
Congress's Spending Power
Necessary and Proper Clause
Eleventh Amendment Restrictions on Congress's Power to Regulate the States
Tenth Amendment Limits on Congress's Power to Regulate the States
Supremacy Clause
Article II: Executive Powers
Executive Privilege
Impeachment and Presidential Immunity
Presentment Clause and Legislative Veto
President's Pardon Power
Removal Power and Recess Appointment Power
Limitions on Removal (for Cause Protections)
Executive Power: Foreign Affairs and the Youngstown Spectrum
Treaties and Executive Agreements
War Power
Article III: Judicial Power
Judicial Review
Canons of Constitutional Construction
Justiciability (Advisory Opinions, Ripeness, and Mootness)
Constitutional Standing: Basic Requirements
Constitutional Standing: Special Topics
Prudential Standing
The Political Question Doctrine
Congressional Control over the Judiciary
Limitations on State Powers
Dormant Commerce Clause Facially Discriminatory State Action
Dormant Commerce Clause: Facially Neutral State Action
Dormant Commerce Clause: Exceptions
Privileges and Immunities: Article IV
State Action Doctrine